Paper-ruling machine



' No Model) 2 Sheets--Shet 1.

J. O, FORMAN; I PAPER RUL-ING MACHINE.

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JONATHAN o. FORMAN, F CLEVELAND, oHro.

PAPER-'RULING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,994, dated April 1, 1884-.

Application filed August 10, 1883. (No model.) 7

To ctZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, JONATHAN G. FoRMAN,

of Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Paper-Ruling Machines;

, and I do hereby declare that the following is ing the pen-beam in a parallel relation to a .head-llne or transverse line drawn across the paper being ruled, so that all the pens of the in the several views.

Only so much of a ruling-machineis shown above alluded to.

5o screwed into the solid end of the post.

beam shall be directly on the said head-line and start therefrom at given points for ruling the column-lines; also, to certain other improvements herein set forth. A

The device for the above-specified purpos is constructed and operated substantially as A follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings for illustration, and makinga part of this specification, in which Figure 1 represents a front view of a penbeam and standards supporting the same. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is an end view. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are detached sections.

Like letters of reference refer to like in the drawings as will be sufficient to show the application and use of the improvements A A represents a pen-beam, and B the pens, three only being shown.

0 is the arm by which the pens and beam arelifted from the paper, and D the rest on which the arm is supported, as seen in Fig. 3, all of which are or may be like corresponding parts in ordinary ruling-machines. The standard A, for supporting the end a: of the pen-beam, consists of a post, E, Fig. 3, secured in a base-plate, F, by which it is made fast to the top of the side of the frame of the machine.

G is a sleeve fitting loosely on over the post, so that it may be adjusted vertically thereon, andalso have an annular movement, for a purpose presently shown. The sleeve is adjusted vertically by means of alscrew, H, Fig. 4, Said parts screw is secured to the sleeve G by a collar,

a, on the inner side of the sleeve and afinger moved upward or downward, and is made fast in any one position by the set-screw J. From the lower end of the sleeve G projects an arm,.

K, to which is loosely fitted a sleeve, L, that it may be rotated thereon and moved longitudinally.

M is a set-screw for fastening the sleeve on the arm in any one desired place.

N, Figs. 1 and 2, is a socket, in which is fitted the stem d of a head, 0, so that it may turn freely therein, and which is prevented from coming out by a set-screw, 6, set in an annular groove, n, as shown in the drawings. A portion of the socket is represented as broken away, that the annular groove may be seen. In the head 0 alluded to is threaded a screw, P, provided with a knob, Q, and a jamnut, R. To said screwis connected the end no of the pen-beam, as shown in Fig. 6, in which S represents a plate angle-iron, to which the beam is made fast, as seen in Figs. 1 and 2. It will be observed that the end of the penbeam rests upon the plate angle-iron, and is thereby held up, and is secured thereto by screws or bolts f. By means of the plate angle-iron the pen-beam is attached to the aforesaid adjusting-screw P by a socket, T, projecting from the back of the upright part of the plate angle-iron, as seen in Fig. 6, and forming with the said iron an integral part. On the end of the screw P is a collar, 0, against which the end of the socket abuts.

g is a bushing on the end of the screw P, and is secured thereto by a washer, h, andscrew i. The end of the screw revolves in the bushing, which, together with the screw, is prevented from being pulled out of the socket by a set-screw, m

From the above-described device it will be seen that the pen-beam can be adjusted endwise by the screw P, and at the same time is free to rotate on the screw for lifting the pens from the paper. Also, the screw 1?, for being held in the rotative head 0, allows the penbeam to be adjusted at right angles across the frame of the machine, or the paper being ruled thereon, when the arm K and its appendages are at an angle more or less to the side of the frame, as seen in Fig. 2,in which the line A may be supposed to be the side of the frame of the machine and the line B the end of said frame.

The arm 0, for lifting the pen-beam, is attached to the socket T of the angle-iron above allndedto by acollar, O, fitting closely there on, and made fast to the same by a set-screw, b, so that on lifting or lowering the arm 0 the pen-beam will turn and lift or lower the pens,

, as may be required. The position that the arm 0 holds in respect to the pen-beam, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, may be changed to that seen in Fig. 5 by the adjusting-screws Q, for adapting the position of the pens to the paper for ruling.

The end as. of the penbeam is supported in a standard, d, constructed substantially in the same way as the standard A, above described as supporting the end no of the beam. Said standard (1 consists of a post, F, and sleeve G. The sleeve is moved vertically by means of a screw. From said sleeve G projects an arm, H, corresponding to the arm K of the standard A, and provided with a sleeve, I, socket J, and head K, through which passes loosely the bar L, whereby the end of the penbeam is supported, as seen in Fig. 1.

The object in constructing the standard A as above described is to avoid an obvious and well-known defect in ordinary ruling ma chines, the pen-beam standards'in which are adapted to slide in a groove arranged parallel with the side of the frame of the machine. Now, in order to adjust the pensBto the headline m or to any other transverse line 011 the paper when said line is not at right angles to the side of the frame, but more or less oblique across the paper, it is necessary to move the standard along in the groove until all the pens touch the line m. As the standard slides along, it moves the pen-beam transversely, which carries the pens in the direction of the dotted lines a; Although said movement of the pen-beam and standard may bring the points of all the pens to the head-line exactly, it at the same time carries the points of the pens away from the place or places on the headline from which the column-lines are to be drawn; hence the beam has to be moved laterally to bring the pens to the points on the head-line from which the column-lines are to be ruled, which may be at the lines 1, 2, and 3, or at some other place or places, as the nature of the work may require. These two distinct adjustments of the pen-beam must be exact to produce good work, and need to be repeated as often as there is any variation in the direction of the head-lines; otherwise the ruling will be defective by the column-lines \being'drawn out of place irregular as to distance from the edge of the paper, and crossing beyond or not reaching to the head-line.

The great number of sheets of paper to be ruled may not all be trimmed alike square, causing the head-lines on the numerous sheets to vary more or less from a right angle to the edge of the sheet near the side of the frame of the machine. This would require areadjustment of the pen-beam each time the sheets are passed through the machine, taking up for that purpose much time and consequent delay inrunning off the work. The above defect is avoided by the standard A, constructed as above described, the operation of which is as follows: The pen-beam, by means of the screw P, is moved endwise in either direction to bring the pens to the place or places on the head-line from which the column-lines are to be drawn. Said lines,as above mentioned,may be 1, 2, and 3. If all the pens are not exactly on the head-line m, the arm K is adjusted to the position shown in Fig. 2. Now, on sliding the sleeve L outward, the pen-beam will be carried forward, moving the pens to the head-line m, and at the same time will move in alignment with the lines 1, 2, and 3, or to the point on the head-line from which the said lines are drawn or to be drawn, instead of the pens moving in the direction of the dotted lines a,

as would be the case in moving the standard in a groove parallel with the side of the frame of the machine, in the old way of adjusting the pen-beam. This movement of the penbeam in the direction of the arm K takes up the distance the beam moves the pens from the lines 1, 2, and 3 to thedotted lines a; hence one movement only of the pen-beam is neces sary to adjust the pens to the head-line and to the points thereon from which the columnlines are to be ruled when the pens have been once adjusted for the column-lines, though there may be a variation in the head-lines on the numerous sheets passed through the machine or to be passed through, thereby avoiding the two adjustments above mentioned of the pen-beam, each time a variation occurs in the direction of the head-line on the sheets being ruled.

By supporting the end of the penbeam on the horizontal part of the plate ang1e-iron, as. shown in the drawings, its connection with the adjusting-screw P is made more secure than when the above-said horizontal part of angle-iron is arranged on the upper side of the beam and secured thereto by screws, in the ordinary way, in which case the weight of the beam is held up by the screws instead of by the plate on which the end of the beam rests, as shown in the drawings.

The adj Listing-screw P, for being held in the movable heads 0 and K, allows the beam to be arranged at right angles to the side of the frame of the machine when the arm K is turned to some angle in its relation to the said side of the frame, as may be seen in Fig. 2, so that there can be no binding nor cramping of the 1. In paper-ruling machines, the standard A, consisting of a post provided with an annular and vertically-adj ustable sleeve, having projecting therefrom an arm fitted with amovable sleeve bearing an annular movable head carrying the adjusting-screw of the pen-beam,

said arm being adaptable to an oblique'or. angular relation to the pen-beam, for adjust- "ing the pens to the head-line drawn on the :paper being ruled and to the points or places on said head-line from which the column-lines are to be drawn, substantially as herein set forth, and for the purposes specified.

2. In paper-ruling machines, an annular movable arm provided with an adjustable sleeve supporting a socket in which is fitted an annular movable head in which is inserted the adj usting-screw of the pen-beam, and susceptible of being arranged at variousangles in respect to the pen -beam, for adjusting the pens of the beam to the head-line on the paper being ruled, substantially as herein described. a

3, The combination of the adjusting-screw P, provided with a collar, 0, bushing, washer, and set-screw, plate angle-iron S, having a socket, T, and set-screw m, forsecuring the said bushing to the socket 0f the plate angle-iron, substantially as set forth, and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JONATHAN O. FORMAN.

WVitnesses:

J. H. BURRIDGE,

H. Bunnrncn. 

